Since I got a combi boiler our mixer shower has been able to provide enormous hot water pressure and volume. This is too much though, and the bathroom gets really steamy and now I have mould growing on the ceiling. I've nagged my kids to have shorter and cooler showers, and also added an extractor, but still getting this problem.
I'm wondering now about getting a shower flow regulator like this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product...84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=T6FADGQE7DN9BMWNTDV2, but am concerned that I won't get any hot water at all. The combi boiler doesn't start heating water until a certain flow is reached, it's actually quite hard to get the shower running at the low flow it had when we had a hot water tank.
Another idea I had was getting cavity wall insulation as it's the north facing bathroom wall that is the one that's dripping after people have showers, and the mould is growing at the plasterboard that connects to it.
I could also add a flow restrictor on the hot pipe to the bath taps (where the shower comes from), but then it would take ages for the bath to fill (I still like to have baths).
Any thoughts?
I'm wondering now about getting a shower flow regulator like this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product...84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=T6FADGQE7DN9BMWNTDV2, but am concerned that I won't get any hot water at all. The combi boiler doesn't start heating water until a certain flow is reached, it's actually quite hard to get the shower running at the low flow it had when we had a hot water tank.
Another idea I had was getting cavity wall insulation as it's the north facing bathroom wall that is the one that's dripping after people have showers, and the mould is growing at the plasterboard that connects to it.
I could also add a flow restrictor on the hot pipe to the bath taps (where the shower comes from), but then it would take ages for the bath to fill (I still like to have baths).
Any thoughts?